How to Change the Finder Dock Icon in Mac OS X

The Finder icon on the dock is the two-colored smiley face. It has been there for ages and it’s come to be the face of OS X. But did you know that you can actually change it to something else? You can customize the Finder icon to your liking.

Arguably, Mac OS X doesn’t let you customize it easily. There are no preferences that you can use to tweak it. It’s a little tough (involving terminal commands and copy-pasting) but it’s not complicated. Check it out.

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Here is How to Change the Finder Dock Icon in Mac OS X:

Step 1: Make a PNG file of the icon you want to replace the Finder icon with. Non-retina Mac users: save it as finder.png and Retina Mac users: save it as finder@2x.png

Step 3: Open Finder from dock or from the menu bar. Press Command + Shift + G to launch the ‘Go to Folder.’

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